Hair clip carrier



R m R R M P .1 u J R I A H Sept. 19, 1967 Filed April 27, 1966 INVENTOR. JOSEPH H. RYAN United States Patent 3,342,387 HAIR CLIP CARRIER Joseph H. Ryan, 5610 Rawls, Indianapolis, Ind. 46219 Filed Apr. 27, 1966, Ser. No. 545,622 1 Claim. (Cl. 224-) The present invention relates to a hair clip carrier.

Various types of devices have been conceived for holding and dispensing hairpins or hair clips. Many of these devices are constructed to be mounted on the wrist. For a number of reasons the wrist mounted carriers have not proved to be completely satisfactory. First, a wrist mounted carrier requires that the hairdresser carry the Weight of the carrier as Well as hair clips at the end of the hairdressers arm. While such a weight may be only a pound or even less, it can be very tiring to carry this weight for an entire working day. Second, the hairdresser cannot remove clips from the carrier by the use of the hand upon the wrist of which the carrier is mounted. Instead the hairdresser must withdraw the clips by the use of his other hand. Third, unless the hairclips are securely mounted on the wrist carrier, they will fall out of or off of the carrier when the hairdresser moves his hand about. Consequently, one object of this invention is to provide an improved hair clip carrier.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hair clip carrier which permits hair clips to be withdrawn therefrom without any more force than that required to lift the hair clips.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a hair clip carrier which is conveniently usable with a belt about the hairdressers waist and normally forming a part of his clothing.

Related objects and advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds.

One embodiment of this invention might include a hair clip carrier comprising a container, a belt sized for securement about the waist of the user, said container being mounted on said belt and having an open top which is presented upwardly when said belt is secured about the waist of the user.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the hair clip carrier of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the carrier of FIGS. 1 and 2 showing the carrier in use.

'For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrate-d in the drawing and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is illustrated a hair clip carrier which includes a container 11 and a belt 12. The belt 12 is intended to be placed around the waist of a user as shown in FIG. 3 and may be secured about the waist of the user by means of 3,342,387 Patented Sept. 19, 1967 snaps 15. Of course, the provision of a number of snaps 15 makes possible the adjustment of the belt for waists of varying size.

The container 11 is rigid and may be formed of any suitable material such as, for example, plastic. The container 11 is generally rectangular and has a bottom 16 and three straight sides 17. Each of the three straight sides 17 is rectangular in shape. In addition to the three vertical sides 17, the container includes a fourth vertical side 20 which has a smooth inward curve approximating the curvature of the body of the wearer.

A hook 21 is used to secure the container 11 to the belt 12. The hook 21 is integral with the container and includes a downwardly projecting thin rigid portion 22 which is parallel to the fourth vertical side 20 and which is equally spaced therefrom all the way across the thin rigid portion 22. The hook 21 is connected to the fourth vertical side 20 at the upper edge 25'thereof. The thin rigid portion 22 overlies the fourth vertical side 20 and is substantially congruent thereto, the only difference in the size and shape of the portion 22 and the side 20 being the termination 26 of the portion 22 above the lower edge 27 of the side 20.

The thin rigid portion 22 of the hook is spaced from the fourth side 20 approximately the thickness of the belt 12. It can be appreciated that the container 11 can, therefore, be easily mounted upon the belt 12 by merely slipping the hook 21 over the belt when it is about the waist of the wearer so that the belt moves into the space 30 between the side 20 and the thin portion 22. It will also be evident that the container 11 can be easily mounted upon a belt about a hairdressers waist and normally forming a part of the hairdressers clothing. In many cases, however, the hairdresser will wear a coat or smock as shown in FIG. 3 and, consequently, the belt 12 will be used with the container 11.

It can be appreciated that the carrier of the present invention makes unnecessary the hairdresser carrying a weight mounted upon his wrist. It will also be evident that the carrier of the present invention permits removal of hair clips by the easy and convenient use of either hand. Furthermore, the hair clips can be loosely received within the container 11 so that there is no difficulty in removing clips from the container and no more force is required to remove hair clips from the container than that necessary and required to lift the hair clips.

While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claim are also desire-d to be protected.

The invention claimed is:

A hair clip carrier comprising a rigid generally rectangular container, said container having an open top, a closed bottom and three straight vertical sides, said container having a fourth vertical side which is curved inwardly of the container, said closed bottom being flat whereby said container can be removed and positioned on a table in upright condition, a hook adapted to secure the container to a belt, said hook being formed of the same rigid material as said container and being integral with the container and including a downwardly projectingthin rigid portion which is parallel to said fourth vertical side 3 4 and equally spaced therefrom all the way across said thin 1,397,232 11/ 1921 Prickett 224-5 X rigid portion, said hook being connected to said fourth 2,278,401 3/1942 Micari 224-5 X vertical side at the upper edge thereof, said thin rigid por- 3,202,331 8/1955 M Ki n-ie 224-28 tion overlying said fourth vertical side and being substantially congruent thereto. 5 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,294,937 4/ 1962 France. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS GERALD M. FORLENZA, Primary Examiner. 727,402 5/ 1903 Messer 224---4 F. E. WERNER, Assistant Examiner. 1,053,749 2/ 1913 Stebbins 2245 10 

